J. K. Marconi

J. K. Marconi is the author of short stories and one-act plays that deal with gender identity, artificial intelligence, and the creative process in art. They have appeared in The Chattahoochee Review, The Summerset Review, and Mayday magazine, among others. His one-act play "Rapture" was given a public reading by the Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

A Leaf Falls

Kevin sat alone in the dappled sunlight beneath a towering oak tree surrounded by gravestones. He gazed fondly at the sculpture of a young woman stricken with grief. Death, like love, obsessed him. The noonday sun etched deep shadows in the mourning bronze figure that knelt on one knee with her head bowed. Despite being covered with the patina of age, it was lovely in its depiction of sadness.